Alice Black and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Chapter 9

HOLA EVERYBODY

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Hey hey hey! I haven't uploaded for a while. SORRYYYYY! Here's a new chapter, but first I want to thank Serenity10116 who is very sweet! THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!

Ali: I totally agree, and in the movie, we just learn tht Harry suddenly likes Ginny but it is not explained why or how he came to like her, there is so much more information in the book and I was so angry they didn't use it in the movie!

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Malfoy continued to fake pain until late thursday morning, when Madam Pomfrey threw him out of the infirmary. Although his injury wasn't serious at all, he had managed to get the nurse wrap his arm in bandage. Harry, Ron and Hermione listened with disgust as he explained how his wound hurt to some Slytherin girls, while playing the one who is brave in his pain. They all rolled their eyes at his pathetic act and Snape came in. He hushed the class and began to call roll. At some point, he arrived to the name 'Black'.

"Black, Alissa." He called and Harry noted the disgust in his voice, the same tone Snape took when he spoke to him.

"Heeeere!" Alissa half sang, half said. There was a pause and Snape just glared at her while she just leaned back on her chair, shooting him a cheshire grin. The whole class stayed silent, in fact each time Alissa said or did anything, this was usually the others' reaction, when Alissa spoke again.

"Missed me much Professor?" She asked cockily.

"Not at all, now if you would please stop trying to attract attention, I would like to get on with the roll call Miss Black." Snape responded coldly. Alissa pouted like a little puppy.

"Aww shame! 'Cause I sure missed you Sevy!" She said winking at him.

"Detention, Miss Black. Eight o' clock, tonight." He announced.

"It's a date!" Alissa cheered.

"For the rest of the week." Snape continued. Alissa cursed and Snape continued to call roll. They were learning to make a new potion that class, the shrinking solution. Harry noticed that she was in a better mood than at breakfast, like usual she hadn't spoken to anyone but normally, it was because she was ignoring them, this morning she looked a bit upset and almost afraid to make eye contact with anyone. Ron ended up cutting Malfoy's ingredients and since he wasn't cutting them properly, Snape made him give his to Malfoy. Snape just wandered around looking, more like criticizing the Gryffindor's potions. Everything was going smoothly, for a Potion lesson at least, when Malfoy leaned over to Harry. He began to taunt them about Hagrid and even admitted openly that his cast was kept just too add evidences against Hagrid. Snape was yelling at Neville because his potion was orange when Seamus and Dean walked up to Harry. They asked for his brass scales but didn't leave afterwards.

"Have you read the Daily Prophet this morning? They reckon Sirius Black's been sighted" he told Harry and Ron glancing at Alissa.

'So that's why she was upset...' Harry thought to himself.

"Where?" Ron asked.

"Not too far from here..." Dean said "It was a Muggle who saw him. OF course, she didn't really understand. The Muggles think he's just an ordinary criminal, don't they? So she phoned the Muggle Police. By the time the Ministry of Magic got there, he was gone. Vanished".Harry made a face, was Black approaching Hogwarts, waiting for him to get out of the castle and jump on him to kill him? Seeing his face, Dean and Seamus looked at each other a bit this, Ron did something very tactful, which he didn't do often.

"D'you think he's trying to get to see his daughter?" He asked and Harry mentally thanked him for saving him from Dean and Seamus' imminent questions.

"Maybe..." Seamus said looking at Alissa suspiciously. Harry thought for a moment, it made sense, maybe Sirius Black was coming to Hogwarts to kill him but also to see his daughter. After all, he had probably not seen her since his arrest. Sirius Black had now a new reason to come to Hogwarts. This wasn't good. As they left Potion, heading for Defense against the Dark Arts, Ron and Hermione started a little argument about her making Gryffindor loose five points for helping Neville in Potion.

"Why didn't you lie? Why didn't you tell Snape that Neville did it on his own?" Ron asked but no response came back. They looked around and Hermione wasn't anywhere to be seen.

"Where did she go?" Ron asked dumbfounded. "She was right behind us!"

"There she comes." Harry said pointing at Hermione who was running towards them, coming from a corridor that they didn't normally use to exit the dungeons. Hermione did that a lot, she sometimes disappeared and then just came back from nowhere pretending that it was normal. As she ran, she was tucking something in her robes, not looking where she was going. She almost ran into four people when she finally reached them.

"Where have you been?" Harry asked.

"Oh I had... Forgotten... My books... In Potions..." She panted. They both shot her a look.

"Oh look! We're going to be late for class come on!" She said trying to change the subject. Se began to run again and collided with someone... Alissa. Although, Harry suspected that Hermione had done it on purpose, trying to have a reason to talk to her.

"Oops! Sorry I wasn't looking where I was going!" Hermione said.

"It's alright." Alissa said picking up her books that had fallen down.

"Let us help you!" Hermione said looking intently at Ron and Harry. They both sighed a bit and picked up Alissa's book. When all of her books were back into her bag, Alissa smiled to Hermione.

"Thanks." She said. A group of girls passed beside them and began to make loud comments.

"Did you see her? She looks just like her father!"

"I heard she got kicked out of her old school because she was violent!"

"I bet she helped him escape!"

"She's probably just waiting for him to come to take her away!" Alissa's smile dropped, so did her bit her lip and sighed. She looked up ay them, without making eye contact.

"Erm... I have to go now...thanks again." She mumbled already walking away.

"Wait!" Harry called, surprising not only Ron and Hermione but also himself. "We're going to the same class, why don't you walk with us?" Many emotions could be read in Alissa's eyes, happiness, gratitude, relief, hope. Her smile came back to her face.

"I'd like too." She said. Hermione beamed and linked her arm with Alissa's and started to walk away with Harry and Ron following. Alissa looked surprised but then caught up, laughing a bit, with Hermione who was almost dragging her.

"Come on! We're going to be late!" Hermione said.

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